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1 | (18) |
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1.1 Finite Spaces and Posets |
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2 | (2) |
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1.2 Maps, Homotopies and Connectedness |
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4 | (2) |
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6 | (4) |
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1.4 Weak Homotopy Types: The Theory of McCord |
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10 | (9) |
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2 Basic Topological Properties of Finite Spaces |
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19 | (18) |
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2.1 Homotopy and Contiguity |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (2) |
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22 | (1) |
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2.4 Loops in the Hasse Diagram and the Fundamental Group |
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22 | (3) |
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25 | (2) |
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2.6 Automorphism Groups of Finite Posets |
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27 | (2) |
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2.7 Joins, Products, Quotients and Wedges |
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29 | (5) |
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2.8 A Finite Analogue of the Mapping Cylinder |
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34 | (3) |
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37 | (12) |
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3.1 A Finite Space Approximation |
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37 | (2) |
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3.2 Minimal Finite Models of the Spheres |
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39 | (1) |
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3.3 Minimal Finite Models of Graphs |
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40 | (4) |
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44 | (5) |
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4 Simple Homotopy Types and Finite Spaces |
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49 | (24) |
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4.1 Whitehead's Simple Homotopy Types |
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50 | (3) |
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4.2 Simple Homotopy Types: The First Main Theorem |
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53 | (7) |
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4.3 Joins, Products, Wedges and Collapsibility |
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60 | (4) |
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4.4 Simple Homotopy Equivalences: The Second Main Theorem |
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64 | (4) |
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4.5 A Simple Homotopy Version of Quillen's Theorem A |
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68 | (2) |
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4.6 Simple, Strong and Weak Homotopy in Two Steps |
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70 | (3) |
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73 | (12) |
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5.1 A Simplicial Notion of Homotopy |
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73 | (4) |
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5.2 Relationship with Finite Spaces and Barycentric Subdivisions |
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77 | (3) |
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5.3 Nerves of Covers and the Nerve of a Complex |
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80 | (5) |
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85 | (8) |
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6.1 Osaki's Reduction Methods |
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85 | (2) |
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6.2 γ-Points and One-Point Reduction Methods |
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87 | (6) |
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7 h-Regular Complexes and Quotients |
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93 | (12) |
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7.1 h-Regular CW-Complexes and Their Associated Finite Spaces |
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93 | (7) |
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7.2 Quotients of Finite Spaces: An Exact Sequence for Homology Groups |
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100 | (5) |
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8 Group Actions and a Conjecture of Quillen |
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105 | (16) |
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8.1 Equivariant Homotopy Theory for Finite Spaces |
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106 | (2) |
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8.2 The Poset of Nontrivial p-Subgroups and the Conjecture of Quillen |
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108 | (3) |
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8.3 Equivariant Simple Homotopy Types |
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111 | (8) |
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8.4 Applications to Quillen's Work |
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119 | (2) |
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121 | (8) |
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9.1 The Homotopy of Reduced Lattices |
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121 | (3) |
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124 | (5) |
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10 Fixed Points and the Lefschetz Number |
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129 | (8) |
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10.1 The Fixed Point Property for Finite Spaces |
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129 | (4) |
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10.2 On the Lefschetz Theorem for Simplicial Automorphisms |
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133 | (4) |
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11 The Andrews-Curtis Conjecture |
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137 | (14) |
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11.1 n-Deformations and Statements of the Conjectures |
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137 | (2) |
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11.2 Quasi Constructible Complexes |
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139 | (6) |
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11.3 The Dual Notion of Quasi Constructibility |
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145 | (6) |
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151 | (1) |
A.1 Simplicial Complexes |
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151 | (4) |
A.2 CW-Complexes and a Gluing Theorem |
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155 | (6) |
References |
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161 | (4) |
List of Symbols |
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165 | (2) |
Index |
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